£1bn crackdown to target violence against females

THE full force of the state will be unleashed to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG), the Government has said, as it announced its new strategy.

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Home Office minister Jess Phillips listed a number of measures, including making the UK “one of the hardest places for children to access harmful content and misogynistic influences online”.

She said so-called “nudifica-tion” tools, which allow users to strip clothes from those in photographs, will be banned. The Government will also work with tech companies to make it impossible for children to take, view or share nude images through “nudity detection filters”.

Other measures include new interventions in schools when pupils display “harmful” behaviour, changes to the curriculum and new training for staff.